okay in my one class we were supposed to go present on a tuesday .. but the day before someone didn't go so they went on the day we were going to go so we got pushed to thursday because we were dissecting a frog on wednesday. on thursday she had the scheduled groups go... so she told us that we were going to go Friday. And on Friday she had the original group go before us which they took the whole 90 minutes. So we couldn't go then either so she told us the most we could get is a 50% which is 75/150 ? Can she do that ?
2007-01-02 05:42:07 · 3 answers · asked by Amanda 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
plus tha day we went she didn't even have tha equipment we needed for our powerpoint
2007-01-02 05:52:11 · update #1
No, if your group was prepared to present on your assigned day, and every other day that you were rescheduled for, then you cannot be penalized for not being given the opportunity to present through no fault of your own. Your group needs to talk about this with the teacher - be sure to remain respectful, not confrontational - and explain to her why you think it is unfair that your grade should suffer simply because the presentation schedule was changed, that you deserve full credit for having been prepared to present on your assigned day. If she will not listen to you, you may have to take your case to someone in administration, a principal or vice principal, and at this point you may want to get some of your parents involved. Good luck!
2007-01-02 05:49:47 · answer #1 · answered by mandaj17 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She is the teacher...She can pretty much do whatever she wants. However, if the teacher did not provide you time to give your presentation, or cut you short in the presentation, I think you may want to raise this issue with her.
For example, if there was no time in class, you could offer to have your group do the presentation after school hours for her exclusively instead of the class.
She can then judge how much time was spent on the project and how much effort was made and provide you with an appropriate mark. This may mean that if you really did not do a good job or did not prepare well, you may get LESS than 75/150...but at least then you have a valid mark and not just a number arbitrarily assigned.
Or she may feel that the extra effort you went to and the "overtime" you were willing to giove by staying after class to present it was worth a bit higher of a grade.
If you have a professional and pleasant rapport with the teacher, it will go a longer way than if you mouth off to her and are always negative with her.
If you bring this up with her and she still refuses to allow you to properly do the presentation you worked hard on, you should bring this up with your parents or her boss (usually the principal or vice-principal) who can intervene or mediate.
2007-01-02 13:54:11 · answer #2 · answered by SteveN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man... evidently she can do it, but she really shouldn't. Have you talked to her in a calm way about your view of the situation? As a teacher myself, I would suggest asking her to meet with you and your group and have everything you want to say planned out. Unless there are other details, she should not dock you 50% of your grade for a scheduling problem like that.
If she refuses to talk to you personally, have your parent or guardian call the school. Sometimes (sadly!) that's what it takes.
2007-01-02 13:47:44 · answer #3 · answered by JK 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋